Grain-drill.



No. 728,492. PATENTED MAY 19, 1903.

A. N. NORRIS.

GRAIN DRILL.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1902.

H0 MODEL. 2 BHEBTS BHEF-T 1.

WITNESSES INVENTOR.

No. 72s;. 92.' PATENTEDMAY 19, 19.03;. A. N, NORRIS.

GRAIN DRILL. v APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1902, 30 MODEL. I 2-8HEETBBH-EBT 2.

WITNESSES I Q m VENTOH flZZarZff/Vo'rrc, B 1 1 r 1 I I A7TORNEY TUNI TED STATES ALBERT N. NORRIS, OF RUsHvILLE; INDIANA.

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smmcmomomsg Part of Letters'Patezit 728,492, dated atexe," recs .dpplioation filed-September 26,,1902. .SerislNo. 124,946. moment f To all whont it may concern; I Be it known that I, ALBERT N. NORRIS.,1a

,- citizen 'of the United States,eresiding at Rushville, in the county of Rush and-State of Indiana, have invented certain'newandnseful Improvements in Grain-Drills,of;which the following is a specificationu -My present invention relates to that class V of agricultural implementsnsed'in planting small seeds which are provided'withan a'd-' 'justable force feed and whereby fe'itilizel jiig also supplied as; the planting progresses, the

- seed and the fertilizerjbein'g thus mixed together and. deposited-simultaneously b the same operation; v

A machine or implement embodying said invention will'be first'fnlly described and the novel features thereof then Pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanving drawings;

which an'e made apart'hereof, and on which similar reference charactersindicate similar 7 parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of'agrainv thereof, a port'ionofthe top of-the box condrill and fertilizer distributer embodying my said invention; Fig. 2, a top or plan]- view taining the "seed and fertilizer beingbroken away, showing. the interior; Fig.3,- a viewlof A the under side of ,the"box.a'nd the mechanism attached thereto as seen' when looking up- I wardly from-the dottedline 3 3 in Fig. 4;; vFig.4,

a transverse vie fticalv sectional view through "the -:boxand the grain andfertilizer feeding mechanism attached thereto as seen from the. dotted line 4 4 in Figs'."2 and 3; and Fig. 5', a

detail se'c tional view, on an enlarged. scale, showingzrespeciallyathe feedigg-wheels and their relative.arrangement. r

This machine has ,a maincentral frame member 10, with two win'gsll and 12 pivot-,- ally; mounted thereon andwhich carry the' drilI-teetH- IB, and said, drill-teeth are con-. nected-tothe feeding apparatus by telescopic tnbnl'ars'ponts 14, which lead 11p to the grainand fertilizer receptacles 15-and 16in thedn-= plex boxprovided .for'that purpose and cars tried by said framework; saidreceptacles be- 111g I1)'especti vely provided. with covered? and had. thereto.

y-meansof which convenientgaccess is wheel'26 on the shaft20; said'spriocket The shaft carries l thesfertilizer- Patented m 1c, 1905."

PATENT In using, this machine with as many openings in its liottomrasthere are sets of feeding mechanismsr-j Thoma.

grain: o lfssod "placed in the receptacle -1 5, :whieh is prov ded chine illustrated contains five: ;sets ;.ot; c't 5 feeding mechanisms, as ,is, best indicated in Fig, 3,'where the several casings or-hous ings 19, in which-are" the chambers containing-the same, are shown. The, feed-wheels for the seed are mounted on thershaft 20 and areeach tocom posed of a corrugated part2land as nooth. part 22. The feed jisregulated by moving the-shaft endwise by means of the shiftinglever 1, so that more or less of the corrugated will,obvionsly-, have no eifect to feedthejseed through,- and when said smooth Rfll'tlfillfld?! the opening in the 'seedbox. no-feed ngmll of course take place; but whenthe corrugated part will come'in-to action.' The smooth part part is under'the' opening in the bottom, of

the feed-box there is a regular force feed-g and as the parts caube shifted so that more or less ofeach is exposed the q at nygag ,fee'd may be regulated at will}; The feed-wheel.

shaft 2Q is'drive'n by a-sprocket or chain belt,

the axle 25'. to a loosely mo'unted sprocilfet i v, 99 being controlled in its movementsso' aiS'tQ-1ievolve with said shaft 20. by meanest the'shiit .ving clutch 27,.which in turn. is manipulated by the handle 2'8,'-"an'd said' h'and'le'is adaptedto be locked in position by the-tlmm'b-rru i:i i 9 '3 31,. which are located directl y bel'owper re- 'tions in the bottom of thefertilizer-receptac'le 16 and support andst'op the egressof thefertilizer except when inmo'ti'om, .These'fertilize'r-feeders 31 are of a gictiliar'fdihL- Gen- 'erally they are in the form of; fluted r 11ers but the ribs "thereoniarel partiall'y ciit waif "each rib being of fnll'jheight'atone end and sloped gradually .to the other end,

y. p he-point of; com ment of the 'cnt-b i e at of' the ribs cross each other, at which point thewro1las-a--whole.- it is offthe'fleast'di'aineteijat 'the center, atthe point where-theinclinations cause the greatest di'scharge'at the center,

while, giving the roll greater capacity to seize where. the ribs are higher and where by'reason -o f"having every other'one cut away, as described, they'are, in: efie'ct,.twice. as far apart as at the center. The amount of ferti-, .lizen which shall pass through to the 'fertili'-- tenor-feed rolls 31 is controlled by means of the' v slide-gates 32, ,which are manipulated from a rock-shaft 33" by means-of a lever 34, which" levee'is -lield.to,.any desired" position by en- I gagem'ent with asegment 35f. The rock-shaft s 33 has-a nnrnb'er of arms. 37,.which are con-j nected,-by means of links 38 to the gates 32.' The shaft 30, which bears-the fertilizer-feed ing-wheels. 31,-is driven by a chain or sprocket belt 39, whichiQ-rnns' from a. sprocket-wheel 40 so onthe-axle25 to a loosely-mounted sprocketwheelljlm said shaft 30. A clutch 42 is adapted't'o engage with the sprocket-wheel 4,1 and.

eause'itto revolve the shaft. The clutch is moved byan arm orhandle 43, and said han- 35 die is'ada'pted to be locked in position-bya thumb-nut-M.

The power eonnectio'nsqwhichz drive the seed-feeding .wheels' and the fertilizer-feeding H jwhe'e l s' being separate and, independent and 30 prov'1ded with separate and independent clutches, either or both may be thrown into operation at will, so that either seeder ferti-' l1zer-,or, both at once, may be discharged from the machine and bymeans of the regulating 35. devices 1n any proportion and at any speed desired. v I

"Within" the fertilizer-receptacle 16, immediately abo ve the bottomthereof, is a shaft- 50, carrying'a series of fertilizer stirrers'and pnlverizers' 51. These latter-consist of a serlesof arms extending out from a hub on the shaft, the outer ends thereof being widened out parallel with the shaft and containing a series of notches, so that the ends of said arms are virtuallyitoothed, as shown, and

adapted to grind up or pulverize the fertilizer 'veryefficiently. The bottom of the fertilizerreceptacle 16 is formed of a curved plate 54:, as best shown ,in'Fig. 4,-the-curve being substantially concentric-with the axis of the stir-' 'rers. Upon an adjacent wall to these stirrers, preferably upon the plate 5;, are teeth 55, which intermesh-with the teeth on thelends of the stirrer-arms and serve both to keep the same free and clear and also to grasp and crush small lumps which may be contained in the fertilizer. The shaft is driven from the'shaft 30 by means of the spur-gears 52and 53-, as best shown in Fig.- 1-.

Having thus fully described my said invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy g The combination, in a drill, of a box contain -ng two receptacles one for seed-and the other for fertilizer and each having orifices and, crush lumps of fertilizer at the ends,

' for varying the feed of each of said feeding- -wheels, and a common spout or conduit leadand fertilizer feeding wheels located at the entrances to said mixing-chambers, means ing from the mixing-chamber intowhich both the seed and the fertilizer are discharged and together conveyed to the ground, substantially as shown and described. 2. The combination, in a'drill, of a seedi'eceptacle, a fertilizer-receptacle, a mixingchamber intowhich both said receptacles are adapted to discharge, a seed-feeding wheel located in said chamber, a fertilizer-feeding wheel also located in'sa'id chamber, and a stirring and pulverizing device located in the fertilizerreceptacle and adapted to aid in causing the fertilizer to pass thence through into said mixing-chamber, substantially as shownand described.

3. The combination, in a drill, of a seed-l receptacle, a fertilizer-receptacle, a common chamber into which said receptaclesare-adapted to discharge, and feeding devices located 9::

- insaid chamber,the fertilizer-feeding device consisting of a'ribbed-roll half of the ribs whereon incline from one .end toward the other and the other half of the ribs whereon incline oppositely to the others the roll being thusas' a whole smallest in diameter attire center, substantiallyas shown and described. 4. The combination, in a drill, of a seedr'eceptacle, a fertilizer-receptacle, a series'of mixingchambers secured to the structure con- 10 taining said receptacles on its under side, seed-feeding wheels mounted in the path of the flow of seed from its receptacle into said chamber and shiftable to vary the feed, fertilizer-feeding wheelsmounted in the path of rc the fertilizer-as it passes from said receptacle into said chamber, adjustable gates by which the flow of fertilizer may be determined, stirring and pulverizing devices locatedin the fertilizer-receptacle above the openings lead- 1 ing to said chamber, a common shaft to the several seed-feedin g wheel's, a loosely-mount- I ed driver thereon, a clutch also mounted thereon and adapted to engage with said driver and cause it to drive said shaft, a r power connection leading from said driver to the axle of the machine, another shaft'upon which the several fe rtilizer-feeding wheels are mounted, a loosely-mounted driver thereon,- a clutch also mounted thereon and adapted to engage with said driver and cause it to drive said shaft, anda power connectionlead ing from said driving-wheel to' the axle of the machine, said several parts being arranged and operating substantially-as set forth.

5. The combination, in'afdrill, of a compartment to contain fertilizer and having discharging-orifices,chambers belowsaid orifices,

' feeding-wheels therein, a stirring and pulverizing device in the' compartment containing the fertilizer having, projections upon the hand and seai, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this Y outer ends of its arms, and projections on an 23d day of September, A. D. 1902. adjacent wall of the said compartment adapted to pass between the projections on the o ALBERT NORRIS 5 stirrer-arms, substantially as and for the pur- Witnesses:

poses set forth. CHESTER BRADFORD, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my JAMES A. WALSH. 

